Search giant, self-driving car developer, smartphone and tablet maker. Turned data plan provider?
Google wants more people to get online so they can search around and click on its ads. And it's shaking up the telecom world to do it. The company said...

As cellphones have become more integrated into our lives, monthly mobile bills have swelled, says Consumer Reports. According to a recent survey by Cowen and Company, a financial services firm, the average customer of one of the Big Four cellular...

WASHINGTON Pressure is building for the Federal Communications Commission to investigate last month's record-setting auction of valuable wireless licenses and for the agency to change the rules for future auctions.
Dish Network secured winning bids at...

Britain's electronic spying agency, in cooperation with the U.S. National Security Agency, hacked into the networks of a Dutch company to steal codes that allow both governments to seamlessly eavesdrop on mobile phones worldwide, according to the...

Britain's electronic spying agency, in cooperation with the U.S. National Security Agency, hacked into the networks of a Dutch company to steal codes that allow both governments to seamlessly eavesdrop on mobile phones worldwide, according to the documents given to journalists by Edward Snowden.
A story about the documents posted Thursday on the website The Intercept offered no details on how the intelligence agencies employed the eavesdropping capability — providing no evidence, for example, that...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Sprint's wireless network has moved ahead of rival T-Mobile's in overall performance rankings by RootMetrics.
The two carriers each lag their large rivals Verizon, which ranked first, and AT&T, which ranked second, in testing by the Seattle-area based RootMetrics.
"Sprint has made important upgrades that appear to point toward better performance for consumers," RootMetric's report said.
It also said the carrier's gains were limited and that it continues to lag the other three...

Bankrupt electronics retailer RadioShack on Monday said eight stores in the Lehigh Valley area are among hundreds nationwide targeted for closure, including outlets in the Lehigh Valley Mall, South Mall and Palmer Park Mall.
The Fort Worth, Texas, company, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week, released a list of stores that potentially will be closed. In the Lehigh Valley region, those stores are:
• South Mall, Allentown
• Parkway Shopping Center, Allentown
•...

Sprint's latest plan for luring new subscribers is to occupy the remains of RadioShack.
The long-struggling consumer electronics chain filed for bankruptcy protection Thursday. Part of its plan is for Sprint, the No. 3 U.S. wireless carrier, to open mini-shops in as many as 1,750 of RadioShack's remaining stores.
Overland Park, Kansas-based Sprint Corp. has been aggressively trying to draw subscribers from its bigger rivals, Verizon and AT&T.
It's had some recent success, adding nearly 1 million new...

NEW YORK (AP) — Sprint's latest plan for luring new subscribers is to occupy the remains of RadioShack.
The long-struggling consumer electronics chain filed for bankruptcy protection Thursday. Part of its plan is for Sprint, the No. 3 U.S. wireless carrier, to open mini-shops in as many as 1,750 of RadioShack's remaining stores.
Overland Park, Kansas-based Sprint Corp. has been aggressively trying to draw subscribers from its bigger rivals, Verizon and AT&T.
It's had some recent success,...

FORT WORTH RadioShack Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Thursday and is proposing to dramatically shrink the 94-year-old Fort Worth-based retail icon.
The consumer electronics chain, which began in Boston in 1921 as a mail-order operation supplying ship radio equipment, made the filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware, listing assets of $1.2 billion and total debt of $1.3 billion.
The company also announced an agreement with Standard General, a New York hedge fund which provided...